{"id":509436,"date":"2026-03-18T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509436\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:37:43","slug":"ditd-open-post-3-18-26-golden-puck-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509436\/","title":{"rendered":"DitD &#038; Open Post &#8211; 3\/18\/26: Golden Puck Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here are your links for today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cJack Hughes wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to give him the puck from his gold-medal-winning overtime goal for Team USA in the Milan Cortina Olympics, which is currently on display in Toronto. \u2018I\u2019m trying to get it. Like, that\u2019s bulls&#8212; that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, in my opinion. Why would they have that puck?\u2019 Hughes told ESPN in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48232450\/jack-hughes-wants-golden-goal-puck-back-hockey-hof\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Paul Cotter scored with just a few ticks left on the clock in overtime to push the Devils to a 4-3 win over the Bruins on Monday. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/devils\/news\/game-story-2025021064\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils NHL<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A look at a few of the positives that can be drawn from this mess of a season: [<a href=\"https:\/\/njdevilsadvocates.substack.com\/p\/three-more-positives-to-come-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils\u2019 Advocates<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cGeorge Parros stands by his decision on the Radko Gudas suspension, saying Tuesday he was \u2018confident\u201d in the outcome. \u2018We came to it for good reason,\u2019 the head of the Department of Player Safety said in a media availability before Day 2 of the NHL GM meetings. \u2018When we evaluate these plays, we look at the play and not the players. If we determine that play was worthy of supplemental discipline, we then look at history of the players involved and if there is an injury or not. This is how we come to make all of our decisions. We did this and made this decision under those circumstances, felt that this was the appropriate response and so I stand by it.\u2019\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7125195\/2026\/03\/17\/george-parros-nhl-player-safety-radko-gudas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a> ($)]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis was George Parros standing up for himself and his teammates, which he has commendably made a career of doing. The former pugilist, who\u2019s now in his eighth season as senior vice president of the NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety, had no choice but to do it after the league\u2019s biggest superstar, Connor McDavid, justifiably called into question the process of how supplemental discipline is meted out.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/player-safety-head-george-parros-stands-by-radko-gudas-suspension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brutal news for the Oilers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Speaking of the Oilers: \u201cIt was supposed to be Tristan Jarry starting critical games for the Oilers, who traded for him in December under the premise that he was an upgrade over Stuart Skinner. Instead, it has backfired spectacularly. Jarry, who allowed a career-worst seven goals against the Dallas Stars in his most recent start, has been the NHL\u2019s worst goaltender over the past three months.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/why-its-all-gone-wrong-for-tristan-jarry-in-edmonton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWhether Russia and its collection of NHL stars will be invited to the 2028 World Cup of Hockey remains very uncertain. \u2018We\u2019re going to see how things develop. Time will tell,\u2019 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday at the GM meetings in Florida. \u2018There isn\u2019t an immediate need or urgency to make that decision, so let\u2019s see how things play out.\u2019\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48226224\/nhl-commish-says-tell-russia-plays-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Feel free to discuss these and any other hockey-related stories in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are your links for today: \u201cJack Hughes wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to give him the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,26250,5,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-509436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-devils-in-the-details","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-new-jersey","12":"tag-new-jersey-devils","13":"tag-newjersey","14":"tag-newjerseydevils","15":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116249981400004715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}